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Algae vs. ALAN on Anglesey  – Light pollution research on epiphytes and macroalgae at the wild coast of northwest Wales 

Croeso i Gymru! Welcome to Wales! Among Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Cape Verde, Chile, Finland and Spain, Wales is back as a location for this year’s GAME project! We are Stefanie and Clara and will be conducting our experiments over the summer here at the beautiful northwest coast of Wales. Stefanie is studying biology at […]

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When light and nutrient pollution collide: How do epiphytes react?

Mabuhay from Team Philippines! For the first time in the programme’s history, GAME takes place in the tropical country of – The Philippines! Composed of 7641 islands, the Philippines is an archipelagic country, surrounded by the waters of the South China Sea on its western seaboard and the Pacific Ocean on its eastern seaboard. Literally […]

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There’s good news: GAME 2025 has started!

For those who have never heard of GAME: the acronym stands for Global Approach by Modular Experiments, an internationally oriented research and training program in marine ecology that is in existence for over two decades now. Every year, young researchers from around the world – from Finland to Malaysia, from Japan to Chile – work […]

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Under the spotlight: Shedding light on the effects of light pollution on marine macroalgae in Pula

Pozdrav iz Pule! Meet Barbara and Catarina, two students to whom the Meeresschule (Marine School) in Pula is their home since April. Barbara (24) from Croatia is studying experimental biology, module physiology and immunobiology at The Faculty of Science in Zagreb. She is interested in implementing human health in the field of sustainable development, but […]

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Traze luz n escuridao – What happens to macroalgae when we deprive them of darkness? Pioneering research in Cabo Verde

Oi tud drt? – To read this Kriol words here, which say “Hi, everything fine?”, means GAME is back in Cabo Verde. This year, Melanie (Universidade Técnica do Atlântico, Cabo Verde) and Lotte (University of Freiburg, Germany) have the chance to work together as a binational team on a still largely unexplored topic: the influence […]